Drewsky1211

5/10/2024 54 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 52 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 50 Adele — Someone Like You 36 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 32 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out +4 29 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 28 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 28 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag +4 25 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 25 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 24 Iyaz — Replay 24 Bruno Mars — Grenade 24 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 24 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 24 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 23 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 23 Kesha — We R Who We R 23 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 23 The Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) +1 22 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 22 Owl City — Fireflies 22 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 22 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 22 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 22 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me +1 21 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 21 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 21 The Wanted — Glad You Came 21 Nero — Promises 20 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 The Wanted — All Time Low 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 19 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name 18 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 17 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything 16 Jason Derulo — In My Head +1 15 Little Mix — Cannonball -1 12 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — Party Rock Anthem +1 10 Dizzee Rascal — Dirtee Disco 10 Olly Murs — Please Don't Let Me Go 09 JLS ft. Dev — She Makes Me Wanna 0 Diana Vickers — Once -5

5/10/2024 38 Edwin Starr — War 33 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 29 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay 27 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 27 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 22 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle -4 21 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love -2 21 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 16 Neil Diamond - Cracklin’ Rosie 09 The Supremes - Stoned Love 09 Don Fardon - Indian Reservation +4

Shel Silverstein died on this day 25 years ago, aged 68. - Silverstein's first major job was as a cartoonist for Playboy, beginning in 1957. - Silverstein was also a songwriter who wrote Loretta Lynn's "One's on the Way", Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue", "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan", which had multiple successful artists sing it, and he would also make his own songs: Other songs of his, such as "The Smoke-Off" and "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout (Would Not Take the Garbage Out)" would receive regular radio play on Dr. Demento's radio show. - Silverstein is best known for his children's books, specifically 1964's The Giving Tree, and his poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974) and A Light in the Attic (1981). He also made a children's-style book for older readers- Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book, written in 1960:

Young MC is 57.

5/9/2024 56 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 46 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 45 Adele — Someone Like You 31 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 26 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 26 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 24 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 24 Iyaz — Replay 24 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 24 Bruno Mars — Grenade 24 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 24 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 24 Owl City — Fireflies 24 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 23 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 23 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 23 Kesha — We R Who We R 22 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 22 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 22 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 22 The Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) 22 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 22 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 21 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 21 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 21 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 21 The Wanted — Glad You Came 21 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 21 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 21 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — Party Rock Anthem +1 21 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything +1 20 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 20 Diana Vickers — Once 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Little Mix — Cannonball 20 The Wanted — All Time Low 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 Nero — Promises 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 19 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name -1 17 Jason Derulo — In My Head +2 16 Dizzee Rascal — Dirtee Disco 15 Olly Murs — Please Don't Let Me Go 15 JLS ft. Dev — She Makes Me Wanna 14 Bruno Mars — The Lazy Song 8 Ne-Yo — Beautiful Monster -3 6 Cheryl Cole — Promise This -2

5/9/2024 34 Edwin Starr — War 32 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 31 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay 30 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 27 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 26 Neil Diamond - Cracklin’ Rosie 25 Don Fardon - Indian Reservation +4 23 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle -3 22 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 19 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love -3 19 The Supremes - Stoned Love

Harold Gray died on this day 56 years ago, aged 74. - Gray was a comic cartoonist, beginning to work for newspapers in 1913. He would initially do the lettering for comic strips such as The Gumps. - In 1924, Gray came up with a comic called Little Orphan Otto for the Chicago Tribune- the editor decided to genderbend Otto during production, leading to Gray's most famous work- Little Orphan Annie: The comic ran for 86 years (with different cartoonists continuing the strip for another 44 years after Gray's death in 1968), and would spawn a radio show (famously featured in A Christmas Story) and several movies (most notably the 1982 film). - Outside of Little Orphan Annie, Gray would occasionally ghostwrite the comic strip Little Joe, and made a spinoff of Annie called Maw Green.

Billy Joel is 75.

Immediately thought of this:

5/8/2024 55 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 38 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 36 Adele — Someone Like You 31 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 26 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 26 Kesha — We R Who We R 25 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 24 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 24 Owl City — Fireflies 24 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 22 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 22 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 22 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 22 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 22 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 22 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 22 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 22 The Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) 22 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 22 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 22 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +1 21 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 21 Iyaz — Replay 21 Bruno Mars — Grenade 21 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 21 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 21 The Wanted — Glad You Came 21 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me +1 20 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 20 Diana Vickers — Once 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Little Mix — Cannonball 20 The Wanted — All Time Low 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name 20 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 20 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 JLS ft. Dev — She Makes Me Wanna 20 Nero — Promises 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 20 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 20 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — Party Rock Anthem +1  17 Olly Murs — Please Don't Let Me Go 17 Jason Derulo — In My Head +1 16 Dizzee Rascal — Dirtee Disco 14 Bruno Mars — The Lazy Song 14 JLS — Love You More 14 Cheryl Cole — Promise This 13 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull — On The Floor 12 Matt Cardle — When We Collide -2 10 Sak Noel — Loca People -4 10 Ne-Yo — Beautiful Monster

5/8/2024 38 Edwin Starr - War +2 36 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 31 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 31 Don Fardon - Indian Reservation +2 28 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle 26 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 26 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay 26 The Supremes - Stoned Love 25 Neil Diamond - Cracklin’ Rosie 22 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love 18 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 12 Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream 5 Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time -3 0 The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You -3

King Kamehameha I of Hawaii died on this day 205 years ago, aged ~65. - Kamehameha was born on the island of Hawaii; the Hawaiian Islands were separate entities to each other at the time. His birth name was "Pai'ea". - Kamehameha became Aliʻi nui of Hawaii in 1782. With English aid, Kamehameha would begin conquering the rest of the Hawaiian islands in 1790, starting with Maui, then Molokai and Oahu in 1795, and would peacefully annex Kauai and Niihau in 1810. - Kamehameha would reform the Hawaiian government to ensure the islands remained unified, and increased trade with the United Kingdom and United States. - Kamehameha had at least 20 wives, and 35 children. After his death (also debated to have been on May 14, 1819), he was succeeded by his son Kamehameha II. - Kamehameha's name was indeed the inspiration for the iconic energy blast attack in the Dragon Ball series; Akira Toriyama wanted to include "kame" (turtle) into the name and his wife suggested that he use it- albeit they are not pronounced the same way (king: kuh-may-huh-may-uh; DBZ: kaw-may-haw-may-ha).

David Attenborough is 98.

5/7/2024 56 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone +4 and +2 (theoldlady) 30 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 26 Owl City — Fireflies 25 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 25 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 24 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 24 Kesha — We R Who We R 24 Little Mix — Cannonball 22 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 22 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 22 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 22 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 22 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 22 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 22 The Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) +1 21 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 21 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 21 Iyaz — Replay +1 21 Bruno Mars — Grenade +1 20 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 20 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 20 Diana Vickers — Once 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Dizzee Rascal — Dirtee Disco 20 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 20 The Wanted — All Time Low 20 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 20 Roll Deep — Green Light 20 Olly Murs — Please Don't Let Me Go 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 20 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 20 Cheryl Cole — Promise This 20 JLS — Love You More 20 Matt Cardle — When We Collide 20 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name 20 Adele — Someone Like You 20 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 20 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything 20 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 20 The Wanted — Glad You Came 20 JLS ft. Dev — She Makes Me Wanna 20 Nero — Promises 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 20 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 20 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 18 Bruno Mars — The Lazy Song 18 Dizzee Rascal & James Corden — Shout 17 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull — On The Floor 17 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — Party Rock Anthem 16 Ne-Yo — Beautiful Monster 16 Jason Derulo — In My Head +1 14 Dappy — No Regrets 14 Sak Noel — Loca People 08 JLS — The Club Is Alive 0 Joe McElderry — The Fall -6

5/7/2024 37 Creedence Clearwater Revival- Up Around The Bend 37 Edwin Starr — War +2 33 Three Dog Night- Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 28 Lynn Anderson- Rose Garden 27 Don Fardon- Indian Reservation +2 27 Neil Diamond — Cracklin’ Rosie 25 Bobby Bloom- Montego Bay 23 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke- Resurrection Shuffle 23 Andy Williams- Can’t Help Falling In Love 21 Chairmen of the Board- Give Me Just A Little More Time 20 The Supremes- Stoned Love 18 Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell- All I Have To Do Is Dream 14 The Four Tops- A Simple Game 14 The Elgins- Heaven Must Have Sent You 13 Marmalade- Reflections Of My Life 2 Marmalade- Rainbow -3 0 Blue Mink- Melting Pot -3 I'm guessing this is the better "Melting Pot" song from the 1970s:

Eddie Rabbitt died on this day 26 years ago, aged 56. - Rabbitt got his start in music by performing in bars and clubs, and signed on to 20th Century Records in 1964. - Rabbitt would become a songwriter, and Elvis Presley would sing several songs written by him, such as "Kentucky Rain" and "Patch it Up". - Rabbitt became a breakout star in country music in 1975, releasing such singles such as "Forgive and Forget" and "I Should Have Married You". His first Country Chart topper was 1976's "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)": - In 1981, Rabbitt would have his first and only Billboard Hot 100 number one, with "I Love a Rainy Night": - Rabbitt was also known for his 1990 single "American Boy", which became popular among troops during the Gulf War, and was used by Bob Dole for his 1996 campaign. - In March of 1997, Rabbitt was diagnosed with lung cancer; he died after a 14-month-long battle.

Michael Rosen is 78.

5/6/2024 23 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 22 Lady Gaga — Bad Romance 22 Owl City — Fireflies 22 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & Goonrock — Party Rock Anthem 22 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 21 Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) +1 21 Jason Derulo — In My Head +1 21 Lady Gaga & Beyonce — Telephone +1 21 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You +1 20 Joe McElderry — The Climb 20 Iyaz — Replay 20 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 20 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 20 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 20 Diana Vickers — Once 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Dizzee Rascal — Dirtee Disco 20 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 20 Dizzee Rascal & James Corden — Shout 20 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 20 JLS — The Club Is Alive 20 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 20 Wanted — All Time Low 20 Ne-Yo — Beautiful Monster 20 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 20 Roll Deep — Green Light 20 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 20 Olly Murs — Please Don't Let Me Go 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 20 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 20 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 20 Cheryl Cole — Promise This 20 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 20 JLS — Love You More 20 X Factor Finalists 2010 — Heroes 20 Matt Cardle — When We Collide 20 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name 20 Bruno Mars — Grenade 20 Kesha — We R Who We R 20 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 20 Adele — Someone Like You 20 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 20 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull — On The Floor 20 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything 20 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 20 The Wanted — Glad You Came 20 JLS ft. Dev — She Makes Me Wanna 20 Nero — Promises 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 All About Tonight — Pixie Lott 20 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 20 Dappy — No Regrets 20 Sak Noel — Loca People 20 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 20 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 20 Little Mix — Cannonball 20 Cher Lloyd — Swagger Jagger 15 Helping Haiti — Everybody Hurts 14 X Factor Finalists 2011 — Wishing On A Star -6 14 Bruno Mars — The Lazy Song 14 Military Wives With Gareth Malone — Wherever You Are

5/6/2024 29 Edwin Starr- War +2 24 Creedence Clearwater Revival- Up Around The Bend 23 Lynn Anderson- Rose Garden 22 Chairmen of the Board- Give Me Just A Little More Time 22 Don Fardon- Indian Reservation +2 20 Blue Mink- Melting Pot 20 Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell- All I Have To Do Is Dream 20 Marmalade- Reflections Of My Life 20 Andy Williams- Can’t Help Falling In Love 20 Marmalade- Rainbow 20 Three Dog Night- Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 20 Bobby Bloom- Montego Bay 20 Neil Diamond- Cracklin’ Rosie 20 The Supremes- Stoned Love 20 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke- Resurrection Shuffle 20 The Elgins- Heaven Must Have Sent You 20 Blue Mink- The Banner Man 17 The Four Tops- A Simple Game 11 The Piglets- Johnny Reggae -3 11 Tony Orlando & Dawn- What Are You Doing Sunday? -3 11 Cilla Black- Something Tells Me (Something’s Gonna Happen Tonight)

L. Frank Baum died on this day 105 years ago, aged 62. - The L stood for Lyman- he was named after his uncle, but he disliked his name and went by his middle name instead. - Baum's earliest works were amateur journals. He had an interest in philately, and made a journal named The Stamp Collector. In the late 1870s, breeding fancy chickens had become a fad in the US, and he bred the Hamburg variety- again making a journal about this field, known as The Poultry Record. - Baum would soon become interested in becoming an actor, and starred in a few plays. One of his stage names was "George Brooks". - Baum wrote "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" in 1900, writing 14 books over the next 19 years- up to Glinda of Oz: - Here's a potentially childhood-ruining fact: Baum endorsed genocide against Native Americans, which were the complete opposite views of his mother in-law, noted social activist Matilda Joslyn Gage. - Baum's last words were to his wife, in reference to the world of his books- "Now we can cross the Shifting Sands".

Willie Mays is 93.

5/5/2024 50 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor -6 25 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie +4 21 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight

Violet Jessop died on this day 53 years ago, aged 83. - Jessop became a stewardess in 1908, first serving for the Royal Mail Line's Orinoco. - In 1911, Jessop would begin working on the White Star Line's Olympic, and was aboard the ship when it collided with the HMS Hawke in September of that year. - Jessop would be transferred by White Star in April of 1912 to their next (and most famous/infamous) ship- the Titanic. Jessop would get aboard lifeboat #16, launched an hour before the ship sunk below the surface of the Atlantic. She was given a baby by an officer, and fortunately reunited it with their mother once aboard the Carpathia: (an interview from her late in her life) - In World War I, Jessop would become a stewardess for British Red Cross ships. She was aboard the Britannic when it hit a sea mine in November 1916, and was in the lifeboat that ended up getting destroyed by the ship's rising propellers- she only survived by jumping out of the lifeboat (causing her to injure her head). All three of these experiences make Jessop the only passenger of all three of White Star Line's major ship incidents, with her being given the nickname "Ms. Unsinkable". - After serving on the Britannic, Jessop would continue to work as a stewardess for other ship companies, before retiring in 1950.

Henry Cavill is 41.

5/4/2024 56 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor -6 40 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight 34 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie +4